As 2016 comes to a close, NACD would like to wish its Members, Affiliates and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season.

Reflecting on the top issues affecting the chemical distribution industry in 2016, we would like to provide NACD NewsBrief readers a review of the year's most-read articles. Our regular publication will resume Jan. 10.

NACD/TSAFrom April 5: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has released a guidance document on Securing Transportation Assets and Operations aimed at enhancing security awareness in the transportation industry. The guidance offers information, tips, and tools to strengthen the industry’s resistance to disruption of its critical services. It covers several areas where transportation security infrastructure could be attacked and/or exploited including insider threats and improvised explosive devices. The guidance can be found here.READ MOREBack to top

NACDFrom Sept. 27: The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated the July 22, 2015 Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) memorandum that would have narrowed the Process Safety Management (PSM) retail facilities exemption and subjected thousands of additional facilities to the PSM standard.READ MOREBack to top

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NACDFrom Nov. 22: In the end, it was a Republican sweep. Republicans maintained control of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. They gained control of the executive branch after President-elect Donald Trump’s stunning victory over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Furthermore and perhaps most overlooked, Republicans now control at least 33 governorships, the most in modern history. In order to help outline what this election means for the chemical distribution industry, NACD put together an election overview looking at the presidency, the House of Representatives and the Senate.READ MOREBack to top

NACDFrom Oct. 18: NACD signed on to the Partnership to Protect Workplace Opportunity’s letter to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) in support of S. 3464, the Overtime Reform and Review Act, to provide employers and employees significant relief from the negative impacts of the Department of Labor’s final overtime rule.READ MOREBack to top

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NACDFrom May 24: In May, more than 90 NACD members descended on Capitol Hill to make the case for reforming the regulatory process for chemical distributors and the end users they serve. During the 2016 Fly-In, members met with numerous congressional offices as well as with officials from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.READ MOREBack to top

NACDFrom June 14: On June 7, NACD President Eric R. Byer issued the following statement on the final passage by the U.S. Senate of H.R. 2576, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act that resolves the differences between House and Senate versions of Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform legislation.READ MOREBack to top

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NACDFrom July 5: NACD has released an analysis (NACD login required) of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act completed by Bergeson & Campbell for members identifying areas of interest and potential concerns with the statute. The analysis identifies areas in which NACD may wish to focus future advocacy efforts, in conjunction with implementing regulations or policy development and offers recommendations for actions that NACD members can take now to prepare for implementation.READ MOREBack to top

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NACDFrom June 7: In response to opposition from NACD and other organizations, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) dropped its proposal to prohibit the shipment of two or more chemicals in the same vehicle. NACD filed comments in strong opposition to this proposal, which PHMSA included in an extensive proposed rule with miscellaneous amendments to the Hazardous Materials Regulations. PHMSA published the final rule last week, and specifically omitted the comingling prohibition.READ MOREBack to top